Riff-Raff

1991 · directed by Ken Loach

Rating

77/100

Hit

no

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. Working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with unemployment. Some help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, an aspiring singer.

Riff-Raff (1991), directed by Ken Loach, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Robert Carlyle
• Emer McCourt
• George Moss
• Jimmy Coleman
• Ricky Tomlinson
• David Finch
• Peter Mullan
• Richard Belgrave
• Ade Sapara
• Derek Young

Crew

• Barry Ackroyd — Director of Photography
• Jonathan Morris — Editor
• Stewart Copeland — Original Music Composer
• Bill Jesse — Screenplay

More from Ken Loach

1. Kes (1970) — 86/100 · hit
2. I, Daniel Blake (2016) — 85/100 · hit
3. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) — 84/100 · hit
4. Raining Stones (1993) — 83/100 · hit
5. Sweet Sixteen (2002) — 80/100 · hit
6. My Name Is Joe (1998) — 79/100

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